A baccalaureate service for Mount Vernon High School candidates for graduation will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 28 in the MVISD auditorium. A service for Saltillo seniors will be at 6 p.m. Sunday, May 18 at the Weaver Baptist Church.

Lorri Agee administers the oath of office to Marie Latortue, Allison Rios, and Steve Asay. The school board candidates were sworn in during a special called meeting on Monday, May 19 after the votes were officially canvassed.

A group of parents of incoming Kindergarten students camped out overnight in front the Mount Vernon ISD administration building to be the first to submit their applications for the new Dual Language Two Way program on Monday, May 12.

Awards and scholarships were presented at the annual Band Banquet on Thursday, May 8 in the Mount Vernon School Cafeteria. “I am proud of the band’s accomplishments this year. We advanced to our highest ranking ever and missed advancing to State by one place,” Band Director Tanya Eckstein told the crowd of approximately 150 people.

Eight votes. That was the margin that passed the $14 million bond proposal for Mount Vernon ISD on Saturday, May 10. It will go down in the record books as the closest vote for a non-candidate election in MVISD history.